Snapchat Terms of Service

This document constitutes Snapchat's (Snap Inc.) global Terms of Service, governing user access to and use of Snapchat applications, websites, and related services, with the legal basis varying by geography (Snap Inc. for US users, Snap Group Limited for EEA/UK users). The agreement states that users grant Snap a broad, royalty-free, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and create derivative works from content they post, and the terms authorize Snap to terminate or suspend accounts at its discretion for violations of community guidelines or other policies. The content license grant is operationally broad in that it covers user-generated content submitted to public-facing features and extends to sublicensees, though the agreement also states that users retain ownership of their content, creating a tension between ownership assertion and the breadth of the license conveyed; applicable law, particularly in the EU under GDPR, may constrain how Snap processes personal data embedded in that content. The document engages GDPR for EEA/UK users (with Snap Group Limited as the relevant contracting entity), COPPA for users under 13, the California Consumer Privacy Act for California residents, and FTC consumer protection standards applicable to US users broadly. Material compliance considerations include Snap's age verification mechanisms, the arbitration and class action waiver clause applicable to US users, and the scope of data processing permissions embedded in the terms, each of which may require jurisdiction-specific evaluation.